Design Hunting - It's a New Year

Gabe Brotman and Thomas Gensemer’s renovation of a 1915 weathered beauty retains the feeling of times past but in a thoroughly refreshing way, as they worked to preserve the great bones and character of the town house while enhancing its charm. The world travelers have made the move to settle down in Crown Heights, finally unpacking a life’s worth of collecting while they look forward to expanding their family.

Also on Curbed: I interviewed Fran Lebowitz about her wonderful Netflix docuseries, by Martin Scorsese, called Pretend It’s a City. This adorable taxonomy of city streeteries. And — hurrah! — the new Penn Station train hall is opening at last!

Happy New Year,
Wendy Goodman

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On Thursday, join this online conversation hosted by Fotografiska New York between photographer Martin Schoeller and Kwame Ajamu and Ray Krone, two men whose portraits are featured in his exhibit “Death Row Exonerees.”

Save the date for the New York School of Interior Design’s 2021 digital gala, where it will recognize the accomplishments of three noted designers and raise scholarship money for its students.

Preorder a copy of Design Remix: A New Spin on Traditional Rooms, the first book from interior designer Corey Damen Jenkins, which will be released later this year. Jenkins will be receiving the Larry Kravet Design Industry Leadership Award at the NYSID Gala.

Sign up for the Black Artists + Designers Guild’s email list to learn more about the Obsidian Virtual Concept House, a virtual experience for Black families, and listen to this discussion about the kitchen as the heart of the Black home.

Decorate your house with British designer Yinka Ilori’s new color-obsessed line of home goods. These tea towels are a perfect little gift.

Put your name on the waiting list for a co-op at Villa Charlotte Bronte.

Rent a duplex in Bed-Stuy with a cantilevered kitchen island.

Stay in a Catskills cabin (that comes with s’mores kits).

“I didn’t think I needed smart bulbs until I tried these.”

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